Listening Quotes

• When I first started writing these kind of songs that would eventually become Decemberists songs, I was writing them because I knew that nobody was listening at the time and that it wouldn't hurt to challenge myself and get weirder and see if I could alienate more people

  

  Colin Meloy
  • Challenge
  • Songs
  • Alienate

• When I was a kid, I used to sneak down the stairs when my folks were listening to 'The Witch's Tale' and 'Inner Sanctum' on the radio. I went to see 'Frankenstein' in the movie theater and got the pants scared off of me.

  

  Al Feldstein
  • Movie
  • Listening
  • Witch

• I'm a fan of records. I'm a fan of listening to something cover to cover and not wanting to skip over anything.

  

  Chris Stapleton
  • Listening

• Has he ever even said he loved you?" "He's been telling me for years," she said softly, "I just wasn't listening

  

  Connie Brockway
  • Said
  • Loved
  • Telling

• I do love listening to singles casually, but that moment, the thing I'm mining the singles for, is something that makes me dig deeper and find a layered offering that allows for discovery after discovery.

  

  David Wallace Crowder
  • Listening
  • Discovery
  • Singles

• I just play music by listening and responding, so I don't know anything about writing songs or arranging and all of this stuff. You know, it's in my head, but I don't know how to get it out.

  

  Jaimoe
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Listening

• At Campbell's, we're listening to consumers. We recognize that real and healthier food is better for our consumers and our business. Our goal is to be the leading health and well-being food company.

  

  Denise Morrison
  • Real
  • Business
  • Food

• There's a time for words and a time for silence. If you're listening, you'll hear the difference.

  

  Yasmin Mogahed
  • Time
  • Words
  • Silence

• That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.

  

  Jay-Z
  • People
  • Time
  • Music

• Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

  

  Brian Eno Roxy Music
  • Music
  • Important
  • Live

• I have a memory of listening to Tracy Chapman and just being intrigued by her voice. Even as a young girl, I wanted to know more about her and her story. I felt I was learning about her through her music. That was a revelation to me.

  

  Jillian Rose Banks
  • Music
  • Girl
  • Learning

• As a parent with young children, I would always find little things that bothered me when I was reading bedtime stories or watching shows or listening to children's music. I couldn't find any stories, games or television shows that were fun and exciting while also being morally instructive and patriotic.

  

  Allen Covert
  • Music
  • Children
  • Fun

• I love to write and to get to know the people who are listening.

  

  Emilie Autumn Liddell
  • People
  • Listening

• My whole mood or sense can change by virtue of the music that I'm listening to. It really does affect me on a visceral and emotional level.

  

  Kiefer Sutherland
  • Music
  • Emotional
  • Mood

• My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

  

  Bill Kreutzmann Grateful Dead
  • Music
  • Black
  • Dad

• I like to put something on and want to listen to it again once I get done listening to it, not feel like I need an ear break.

  

  Chris Stapleton
  • Done
  • Listening

• Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

  

  Jane Goodall
  • People
  • Believe
  • Listening

• Yoga is ideal for calming the mind and harmonizing with nature. Plus, since this meditation consists of listening to what's taking place in the instant, it brings the mind into the present, where the body resides, producing unification of mind and body.

  

  H. E. Davey
  • Mind
  • Nature
  • Present

• Every book, remember, is dead until a reader activates it by reading. Every time that you read you are walking among the dead, and, if you are listening, you just might hear prophecies. Aeneas did. Odysseus did. Listen to Delany, a prophet.

  

  Kathy Acker
  • Time
  • Book
  • Remember

• Listening is the essence of anything.

  

  David Lyons
  • Listening

• Attentive listening to others lets them know that you love them and builds trust, the foundation of a loving relationship.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Relationship
  • Trust
  • Knows

• I have no desire to spend my off-hours listening to other shows. Unless it's Howard Stern, of course.

  

  Elvis Duran
  • Desire
  • Listening

• I hope that people can relate to my music, it's very relatable, it's very fun, it's very honest. It's very, very, honest. I know that my fans will probably learn a lot about me by listening to my music, if they really listen to the lyrics. I'm sure they'll learn about a new side to me, it's all very honest, I don't put on any... there's no fake-ness to it, it's very real and I hope my fans can relate to it and that it's enjoyable for all ages.

  

  Ariana Grande
  • People
  • Music
  • Real

• The only sci-fi movie that I've ever been offered that, had circumstances been different, I would have definitely done, was 'Avatar.' And I literally couldn't do it because of my schedule. But listening to James Cameron talk about 'Avatar' was so fascinating. Because he literally invented the world in his mind - and it literally existed.

  

  Matt Damon
  • World
  • Different
  • Mind

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